November 2011 Beats

DLA goes on Educational Tour. A total of 269 participants inclusive of parents/adult companions, faculty and staff of the DLA joined the Annual Educational Tour on November 25, 2011 in various places in Metro Manila. Of this 269 participants 145 were pupils comprising 75% of the whole pupil population indicating a better turn out than last year’s. Those pupils who were not able to join are to submit an alternative project related also to the theme of this year’s trip which is primarily historical. The sites visited were Luneta Lights and Sounds, Fort Santiago in Intramuros and Manila Ocean Park – Trails to Antarctica and Musical Fountain Show. A Safety Awareness Seminar was also part of the tour package, the first in the itinerary conducted at Pasig Rain Forest Park. Hunnypot Tours with Ms. Lilybeth Balderas served as broker for two years now.

Regala qualifies in Mardunong Spelling Bee finals. Jean Claude Regala a Grade 6 pupil qualified in the grand finals of the Mardunong Spelling Bee sponsored by the Dasmarinas City Hall scheduled on December 6, 2011 at Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Salawag, Dasmarinas. He belongs to the remaining 50 contestants who will vie for the final winners in this contest. The semi-final round was held in the same school PTS last November 10, 2011. Also for the first time the DLA joined the contests sponsored by the Federation of Christian Schools held on November 19, 2011 at Glory Christian School in San Agustin, Dasmarinas. Contests were Storytelling and Declamation. It was a good exposure for the DLA pupils despite not winning in it and eye opener for the school administration.

Code of Pupil Discipline approved for immediate implementation. After years of careful study drawing from actual experiences in the DLA and also from other schools, the Guidance Office under the leadership of Teacher Cynthia Macario has drafted the Code of Discipline for DLA Pupils presented during the 3rd General PTA meeting on November 18, 2011 for awareness and duly approved by the School Board in its November 29 meeting. Implementation of this code is now effective after said approval. The code stipulates the creation of a 5-member Committee on Discipline (CoDi) composed of 3 senior teachers, Guidance Counselor and either the Head Teacher or School Director. It lists in detail the offenses that call for disciplinary action classified into major and minor offenses and equivalent sanctions to be meted out for corrective purposes. This Code of Discipline was presented by Teacher Cynthia Macario integrating it in her lecture to the parents on “Children’s Rights and Responsibilities.” Earlier during the same week, November 15, the faculty sat down in the School Library for an In-House Seminar on the topic, “Parent-Teacher Conference: Handling Confrontational Students” with Teacher Jingle Ancheta as Resource Person.

Indigent children recipients of white gifts. This year’s white gifts which will be offered during the chapel service on December 6, 2011 will go to indigent children in nearby depressed areas like Daang NIA and Simborio. Distribution will be done in close coordination with SCCD on December 19. The offering of white gifts has been an annual tradition of the DLA since 2005 as part of its program of teaching civic-consciousness among pupils founded on biblical teachings.